Goomba > wrote:

>Steve Pope wrote:

>> I must live a sheltered life, but I've never encountered placing
>> a dish drainer in a sink, as opposed to on the counter next
>> to the sink.

>> Not only would it need to be a very large sink before you could place
>> a reasonable-sized dish drainer in it, but there would be less
>> air-flow around the drainer and I would expect things to not
>> dry as fast. Also, such an arrangement is at more risk of having
>> detergent splatter onto the dishes being dried, if you are
>> washing dishes and filling a drainer in the same sink.

>Nope, they're great. I have a double sink. The dishes don't fall around,
>it doesn't make your counter cluttered, the water drains right down the
>sink... I can't think of a negative to them!? I keep one in my sink for
>the odd piece I hand wash, the rest of my dishes go into the dishwasher.

Aha. So, they're useful if you mostly use a dishwasher. That
makes sense.

Steve

On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 05:14:16 +0000 (UTC), (Steve
Pope) wrote:

>Goomba > wrote:
>
>>Steve Pope wrote:
>
>>> I must live a sheltered life, but I've never encountered placing
>>> a dish drainer in a sink, as opposed to on the counter next
>>> to the sink.
>
>>> Not only would it need to be a very large sink before you could place
>>> a reasonable-sized dish drainer in it, but there would be less
>>> air-flow around the drainer and I would expect things to not
>>> dry as fast. Also, such an arrangement is at more risk of having
>>> detergent splatter onto the dishes being dried, if you are
>>> washing dishes and filling a drainer in the same sink.
>
>>Nope, they're great. I have a double sink. The dishes don't fall around,
>>it doesn't make your counter cluttered, the water drains right down the
>>sink... I can't think of a negative to them!? I keep one in my sink for
>>the odd piece I hand wash, the rest of my dishes go into the dishwasher.
>
>Aha. So, they're useful if you mostly use a dishwasher. That
>makes sense.
>

My MIL did not have a dishwasher. Dish pan and drainer both in the
sink. Of course she dried her dishes by hand and put them away. The
drainer was just temporary storage.

Not all kitchens can accommodate a drainer on the counter. My sink
has a fairly high rim on it which would cause the water in the drain
tray to backwards, not into the sink.

On Wed 03 Sep 2008 04:23:38a, The Cook told us...

> My MIL did not have a dishwasher. Dish pan and drainer both in the
> sink. Of course she dried her dishes by hand and put them away. The
> drainer was just temporary storage.

That's what my mother did, even though she had a dishwasher. She used that
arrangement for things she preferred to wash by hand.

> Not all kitchens can accommodate a drainer on the counter. My sink
> has a fairly high rim on it which would cause the water in the drain
> tray to backwards, not into the sink.

True... Most cast iron sinks that are not under-mounted have much to high
a rim for a drain tray on the counter to be effective.

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The Cook > wrote:

>My MIL did not have a dishwasher. Dish pan and drainer both in the
>sink. Of course she dried her dishes by hand and put them away. The
>drainer was just temporary storage.

>Not all kitchens can accommodate a drainer on the counter. My sink
>has a fairly high rim on it which would cause the water in the drain
>tray to backwards, not into the sink.

Right. Hand-drying would allow faster turnaround and make
a small-ish drainer, that might fit in a sink, more
practical.

I hadn't thought about the sink-rim problem. It could
probably be addressed by propping up a drainer mat on the
rim and sloped towards the sink.

Steve

On Tue 02 Sep 2008 10:14:16p, Steve Pope told us...

> Goomba > wrote:

>>Nope, they're great. I have a double sink. The dishes don't fall around,
>>it doesn't make your counter cluttered, the water drains right down the
>>sink... I can't think of a negative to them!? I keep one in my sink for
>>the odd piece I hand wash, the rest of my dishes go into the dishwasher.
>
> Aha. So, they're useful if you mostly use a dishwasher. That
> makes sense.

That's exactly how I use one. I have a double SS sink with a SS dish
drainer in one side. It's a catch-all for either a few hand-washed items
or for items headed for the dishwasher while I'm cooking. I prefer that to
stacking dirty items and risking anything toppling over or breaking.

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